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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better grasp these open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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